One-piece sled-runner.



- G. W. REEVE.

ONE PIECE SLED RUNNER.

APPLICATION FILED 3.4, 1912.

' Patented Jan.7,1913.

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ONE-PIECE SLED- UN ER.

Specification of Ilettefs Patent.

Application filed'Apri l 4, 1912; Serial 'No. 688,391.

' i To all wit-omit mag concern Be it known that; I, GEORGE W. REEVE, a

- citizen of the United States, residing at 1 and use the same.

Nevinville, in the county of Adams, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in One-Piece Sled-Runners;

and I do hereby declare, the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of'the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it, appertainsto make 1 This invention relates to sleigh runners,

and, has for an object toprovide acne-piece string runner which may be readily attached to a buggy box; 7 r

A further object of the invention is to i provide .a simple, and effective means for atv taching the runner tothe buggy box.

'With the above objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts here inafter fully described andclaimed, it being understood that various modifications; inay I be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of" the appended claim.

In the accompanylng drawings; forming part of this specification, Figure 1 1s a side elevation of the runner showing the application of a buggy box. thereto. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of theparts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective'view of the hanger.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar parts, the runnerisshown to be formed from a single resilient bar .33 bent to form I parallel shoes 34:, a rear arch 35 connecting the shoes, and a front arch- 36 connecting the shoes. 4O

"Depending from the front and reararches Patented Jan. 7,1913.

of the runners are hook like hangerseach consistingfof a single U-shaped blank of material 37 the legs of which are bent to form hooks 38 designed to straddle the top bar of the related arch; The hooks extend below said bar and are detachably secured theretothrough the instrumentality of bolts 39 passed through the extremities of the hooks and through the legs as shown. v The legs ofthe hanger are bent abruptly'ncar the bridge portion 40 of the hanger and by this bending of the legs the said bridgev is disposed in a plane at substantially a rightangle to the plane of the legs.

In applying the buggy box, the clips 41 which secure the elliptical springs to the axles are arranged astride of the elliptical springs and the bridge. portions of I the hangers, with the crosspieces 42 of the clips arranged below and bearing upon the bot-- tom faces of the hanger bridge pieces: as

shown. v

'I/Vhat is claimed, is The combination with a sled runner having front and rear arches, of hangers depending from said archesz'each consisting of a U-shaped blankof material'the legs of which are bent terminally to form attaching hooks, retaining bolts passed through said legsand through said hooks, said legs being bent abruptly adjacent to said bridge portion and disposing said bridge portion in a plane at a right angle to the plane of said legs.

ture, in presence of twowitnesses. o

' i GEORGE W. REEVE.

Witnesses: i

JAMES KOSAR,

J. F. BALL.

Copies of this patent may'be obtainedfor five cents each, by addressing the t'lommissidnriol. Patents,

Washington, D. 0. v

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signa- 

